North Korea Just Got A Lot Of New Roads According To Google Maps

Google has given its maps of North Korea a massive overhaul, using the open source Map Maker project to pull together all of the data. Suddenly, the country looks like it's not a barren wilderness.

The map's still not perfect -- there are blocks that remain empty where it's obvious they shouldn't be -- but Google aims to rectify that by updating the map every time Map Maker additions are verified, instead of waiting to roll out a big release every now and then.